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25 April 2017 Sovereignty without Independence? ● Decolonization ○ British Withdrawal ○ W Samoa 1962 ○ Fiji, Tonga 1970 ○ Papua Niu Gini 1975 ○ Solomon Islands, Tuvalu 1978 ○ Kiribati 1979 ● The French Reluctance ○ Kanaky, Wallis Futuna ○ French Polynesia ○ Vanuatu ● Vanuatu ● The Nuclear Reminder ○ Fear that a nuclear exchange could begin in their islands ● Sir Arthur Gordon ○ British sent a high commissioner to Fiji to represent British law and implement it on the island ○ Man of principle ○ Served as a labor commissioner on the British colony of Morichious ○ One man court of claims ■ Counted up the acres of land they were claiming which was only 10% of Fijians lands ■ Approved the claims and allowed them to own the land whether they purchased the land or not, but they however may never obtain any other part of the Fijian lands ■ Reassured the plantation owners that they would not suffer from labor ■ Would bring in foreign labor on contracts and most labor to come from India ○ The Great Council of Chiefs ● Control of the people will stay in the hands of the Chiefs and never become in the hands of the British ● The care of the Native Fijians will be able to appeal directly to the parliament or the Queen herself if they felt they had any important things to communicate. ● Indian Labor in Fiji ○ Horrific/racist treatment ○ British made it clear that they were brought in solely for the purpose of labor

● The Coup ○ Rombucca - Fijian Kernel ● No such thing as a good colony

● Economic Dependencies ○ Primary sector ○ Subsistence economies ○ ODA (Official Developmental Assistance) - Foreign Aid ■ Established Stability - Economic & political ● Belau (Palau) and the Compact ● Ironies...